Russians in Germany

Russians in Germany
Total population
3,500,000 (estimate, 2018)[1]

Ethnic background:

German Russians: 3,500,000–4,000,000

- Ethnic Russians: 2,213,000[2] - Russian Jews: 118,000-225,000 - Russian citizens: 230,994 (2015)[3]
Languages
Russian, German, German-Russian macaronic, (Hebrew, Yiddish spoken by Russian Jews)
Religion
Russian Orthodoxy, Atheism, Irreligion, Roman Catholic, Protestantism, Judaism
Russian vending kiosk in Waltrop
Russian food at a supermarket in Herford
Distribution of Russian citizens in districts of Germany in 2021
Distribution of Ukrainian citizens in districts of Germany in 2021

There is a significant Russian population in Germany (German: Deutschrussen, Russlanddeutsche or Russischsprachige in Deutschland). The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 triggered mass immigration to the West, with Germany being the top destination, mostly for economic and ethnic reasons. Russians (German Russians) are the 3rd largest migrant group in Germany.

  1. ^ "Regarding Upcoming Conference on Status of Russian Language Abroad". Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  2. ^ Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (January 2014). Migrationsbericht 2012 [Migrarion Report 2012] (PDF) (in German). Bundesministerium des Innern Referat Öffentlichkeitsarbeit. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Pressemitteilungen - Ausländische Bevölkerung - Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)". www.destatis.de (in German).